Mold.



P. SIPTROTT.

MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1. 1911.

1,270,886. Patented July 2,1918.

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IIVVENTOR SMW BY mew/( ATTORNEY P. SIPTROTT.

MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. I917.

1,270,886. Pate J11 ,1918.

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a INVE/VTDR M -WOW j 9 A TTORIVEY PAUL SIP'IBOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOLD.

Application filed August 7, 1917. Serial No. 184,823.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL SIPTROTT, a subj ect of the. German Emperor, residin at New York,-county of New York, and tate of ,New .York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molds, of which the following is a specification.

, The present invention relates to means for forming objects from plastic material and .more particularly to an apparatus for producing hollow dolls heads or similar objects Withapparatus for this purpose a mold is used whichconsists of flasks and a core and the plastic material is packed in the flasks to fill the annular space between them and the core. After the work is completed, the

core must be removed from within the object. Withthe hitherto used construction .jthe removal of the core presents some difficulties as the;core has to be so to say chopped out from within the body which work is not only tedious but also requires a 13811351111 skill in order to avoid damage to or disfigurement of the object.

The object of my invention is to obvlate thisjdrawback which I accomplish by constructing the core of individual sections and soforming them that on the withdrawal of a slngle part, all other parts of the core become loose orseparated and can be easily and readily shaken out from within the hollow object when completed.

Another object of my invention is to pro- .vide a core which will be durable and the sections ofwhich will be sufliciently strong .to resist the high pressure which must be exerted thereon to produce the object.

Afui-ther object of my invention is to provide effective means to hold the individual sections of the core together while in usepreventing their accidental displacement relative to one another.

A still further object of my invention is .to provide means which will insure the position of the core within the mold during the operation andyet enable its speedy removal therefrom.

With these and other objects in view my i e c rangement andcombmatwn of parts as Wlll invention. consists ,in. the construction, ar-

be'hereinafter, more fully described and set forth in the, appended claims. a

Infthef accompanying drawing in which similar reference characters denote correspending parts, Figure 1 35" a longitudinal Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul; 2, 1918.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the upper section of the mold; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the corewith some sections thereof removed; Fig. 8 is a a perspective view of the removed sections; and Fig. 9 represents the completed object.

The mold is composed of two flasks 1 and 2 and a central body or core 3. The inner surfaces 1 and 2 of the flasks are each formed with impressions which together constitute the object. in intaglio, each one representing one-half thereof, while the core is designed to represent the object in relief. In the example shown where the article to be produced isa dolls head, the impressions on the inner surfaces of the flasks are so formed that the head appears to be lying face down with the neck extending toward one end of the mold. A core is adapted to extend outwar ly throu h one end'of the flasks, and to this end t e two flasks which when in use are placed on top of one another and have their hearing art of the a edges or surfaces shaped to form withone another a tight closure, are at their ends 1 and 2 where the core'passes outwardly out out to conform with the periphery of the latter. At the opposite end one of the flasks, as 1, has a socket 1 and the other flask 2 a projection or boss 2 to engage with one another and hold the twoflasks in proper position relative to one another.

The core 3 is asectional piece, the same being composed of a central tubular part 3 3 in longitudinal direction, are a number:

of incisions or recesses 3 3 3, and 3;suitably distributed around the periphery thereof. These recesses are shorter than i the length of'the part of the tubing which is located between the intagklioed portions of the flasks and serve for 'e engagement of d nne -ea out-er sections mounted around the tube. In the present examplethe head of the core is divided into sections 5 6 7, 8, 9 and 10', of which sections 9" and 10' make up the face, 6 and S, the sides, 7 and 6 the back of the head. These 'sectiohs are solid piecesadapted to extend from the closed end of the tube to a point where the neck of the headbeginsw. The part ofkt'he tube which is not embraced by the sections ancl'extends to the outer ends of the impression 1 and 2 servesasi'the'neck portio'n of thecore proper. ,The number of divisions of; course, is'. arbitrary but care must be taken that the 'indivi'duaT seQtions each be somewhat: smaller in width than the width or'diameter of the ee'ntral part 3 so that they ma freely pass through the opening a formed in the neck of thecompleted head A (Fig.- 9 'l-hese s ecti'ons when properly assembled around. the inner end of tli'e'tubii'ig must'f; bear. with their. inner surfaces closely on the. periphery of the tubing and with their surf-aces against their neighboring sections, so" i as .not ito' leave any crevice through which the plastic material during the moldingiprocess' may be forced in: In the present eiampl'e the outer faice; of the closed endfof the tubing is utilized to'form apart ofthe core proper and to this endiit isspheriealty. shaped to" serve" as the top of theihead. When viewedfro m that end the d'ifi'erent'. sections mounted around'the tubingzappeari as-a cluster around the saidtop whichiforms. the center;

.i Forf seurin lthe sectlon's n position on 7 said: central tu ing, each is provided on its bOiitOIH Wi thza; rib or flange extendinglong'itudina lly' thereof and whieh' are adapted to engage the recesses heretofore referred to. In theteiz'ample shown 'the upper lower s'ctionshave their-flanges arranged at'their' inner/edges, as 6}, 7 .9 10 ,;so; that the fiain'ge s of two adjoining sections will abnt against each other throughout their len h, while'jeach ofthe two side pieces '5 an is are formed" w'ith" bentrjall'y extending ribs 5 and" 8} respectively' The" reeessegin the tu'brng. engaging these ribsor flangesiare made gof vari'able' width. Thus the recesses 3 and. Si ter the upper andioweesecti'ons are" sufli'cie'ntly wide to eaehengagesnugly w en-be of twe' adjoining setions, whil'the recesses"? and 3} each engage a single 'rib' ofthe'correspondingsections; At their lo'w- 'est ends'to'r thelendsnearer the'i'ieck portion 'of the? head the ribs" or flanges are 'eah v mill-ed? orient to form hook' shaped presuch jeetions' 1 1,- the cut 011tp'a rs 11% being 9f 7 .W r lt w r fi i with. the, r the wan- 6 h h ng. i is? ee 'ons whn 'b'eirig' moun' idfinpo- "b moved longitudinally or downtl ie'ir heart eends wineta-gage I the seeti'onstoi'bej inserted from these'open' ends. or V g p In order to secure the eore w thin-f the molda piri'IQ or thelike may be'fprov'itled to project" do nwardly from the; trljgingfi andto engage a bore 1 providedin thefiask 1. Similarl the; upper flask-emay'te pro 1 vi'ded with a pin 13hr t11'e 1ikewhiflj projects downwardly and is adapted; tojpass into the tubing through an' open-ing 3 thereof. l

quantity of the plastic maria- 4, wher -1 --In 'ii'se',the lower flask is filler-with a upon the core, theparts which have ibheh previously properly assembled, is on A top of the material and presseddown until it rests onthe cut out edge 1 and its pin 12 engages the bore 1% insaid'fiask. Under the pressure the excess material will be forced 1 out from the flask. Then a fresh-quantity of the material is packed around the core and the upper flask placed in osition and pressed down l llltll it becomes engagedwith the lower flask. r

on being removed from thej mold ean beseparated into its individual seetions by Simply pulling out the eentral' part 3* from within the body A, which'w'ill-cause the, di'fl'errn article le -completed; ale-cafe.

ent section's thereon which areheld b'aekby i the surrounding walls of the formed object to} slide off and thus become separated with i in the hollow of the object. By holding the latter with its opening a down and shaking it alittle thepfeeeswilleasilyfall out oneby one; i

scribed and shown represents only one enrbodi'ment of my invention and that the principle army invention is applicablegtofthe 'p'rodu'etio'n of other objects than dolls heads.

I therefore: do not wish to restrictmyself V to the detailsof this construction, sincethe same may variously be modified withojfit departing fronrthe principle of myinved I claim 'ters Patehtis" A core for molding inner "end and" and desire to'secure'by Laf? dolls" heads eonipi' igj- V 111g a hollowtubular sectionv cldsedatfits' It is obvious that the constrntion de} face of said tubular sections so as to be ing to the total thickness of the flanges of 10 locked in position, the flanges of the upper two adjoining sections.

and lower sections being arranged at their In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature inner edgesusobthat those of two adjoining in the presence of two witnesses. A sections wi a ut a ainst one another and the flanges of the la teral sections being ar- PAUL SIPTROTT' ranged substantially centrally, the longitu- Witnesses:

dinal recesses for the ribs of the upper and FRED J. GRIESMER,

lower sections being of a width correspond- MAX D. ORDMANN.

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